Astronomers find Saturn-like baby planet hidden in dust
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Astronomers have always found it challenging to observe planetary birth and development in protoplanetary discs. Maybe not anymore. A group of astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) have found a novel method to find these elusive newborns. As a bonus, they also found "smoking gun" evidence of a small Neptune or Saturn-like planet lurking in one such disc.